All posts tagged: Tokyo Metro

Historical Map: Tokyo Subway Map, 1963

October 17, 2020
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Historical Maps, Photography
Tags:

A scanned slide showing a section of a wall-mounted Tokyo Metro map at a station (possibly Tokyo, judging by the dirty finger marks concentrated there). The lines of the Tokyo Metro are rendered in thick, bold colours that match pretty well with the current designations – yellow/gold for the Ginza Line, red for the Marunouchi Line, and grey/silver for the Hibiya Line. The competing Toei Subway’s Asakusa Line is not rendered in its modern pink/rose colour, […]

Historical Map: Subways in Tokyo, 1975

January 20, 2018
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Historical Maps
Tags:

From a tourist’s map to rail transportation in and around Tokyo in 1975. This side shows the then seven subway lines of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (now the Tokyo Metro) and the three Toei lines, as well as some connecting JR and private rail lines. The reverse side shows the extensive rail network of the greater metropolitan area, but that’s a post for another time. The map itself is really a bit of a […]

Historical Map: Tokyo Metro Map on a Passnet Fare Card, 2005

January 8, 2014
Leave a comment
Filed Under:
Historical Maps
Tags:

Certainly solves the problem of having to read a map over someone’s shoulder on a crowded train (or resorting to wearing one on your tie). Passnet was a magnetic-stripe fare card in use in the Kanto region from 2000 to 2008: it’s since been replaced by the contactless Pasmo card. Source: Rob Ketcherside/Flickr